Eastern Mass. highest in nation for opiate overdose hospital admissions

Published July 1, 2013

Eastern Mass. highest in nation for opiate overdose hospital admissions
According to a 2011 report by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the greater Boston metro area had the highest rate of emergency room visits involving illicit drugs (571 per 100,000 population) among the nation's 11 … Read more on Burlington Union

Changing path after addiction
He's been clean of cocaine since he got out of prison four years ago but relapsed with heroin once about two months ago. “You figure, I'll take my chances one more time,” said Price, 51, whose addiction started during the crack cocaine epidemic of the … Read more on The News Journal

Heroin and prescription overdoses rise throughout NJ; skyrocket in Ocean County
He plans to use the "Strict Liability in Drug-Induced Deaths" law, passed in the 1980s to combat the "crack" cocaine boom, which allows a prosecutor to charge a dealer with murder if police can prove they sold drugs that caused the fatal overdose … Read more on The Star-Ledger – NJ.com